35 of the Best Fiverr Gigs to Start and Grow Your Business

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This post will explore some of the best Fiverr gigs you can buy to help get your side hustle business off the ground on the cheap. This is perfect for bootstrappers without a lot of capital to play with!

The old adage of “you get what you pay for” may ring true, but I still think you’ll find some extremely helpful and reasonably priced outsourcing options to help grow your business below.

The Best Fiverr Gigs for Before You Launch

Before you even start your business, there are some great Fiverr gigs that can set you up for success down the road.

Startup Checklist and Project Plan

Marty Koenig’s 196-point start-up checklist has been downloaded over 1500 times and can be a good starting point for everything you need to think about as you get started.

The seller is a certified Project Management Professional and business consultant. His report can help you consider new marketing ideas and other issues startups face in getting their ideas off the ground.

Market Research

Before you dive into any new market, it probably makes sense to know what you’re getting into. You wouldn’t want to dive into an empty swimming pool, right?

The Best Fiverr Gigs to Set Up Your Business

Once you’ve got your business plan done, the market researched, and a name decided on, the fun really starts.

Now I’ll go on the record as saying stuff like logos and business cards probably aren’t what you should focus on at the very beginning (go get a customer instead!), but if checking these items off your list gives you the confidence to move forward, by all means go for it!

Custom Logo Design

You can check out their portfolio to get a sense of their design style and order up a logo that will represent your brand.

Business Cards

Even in today’s digital world, if your business relies in any way on connecting with potential clients or partners in person, business cards are still a must-have.

(I bring mine to every meetup and conference I attend!)

Check out the business card design gig by huester1 for affordable custom cards that will make a great first impression. As with the logo design gig above, you can see his portfolio and find examples of past work you like.

Website Set-Up

One gig I did find useful was having a Fiverr helper set-up a theme to look like its demo version. I was like a kid on Christmas morning all excited for the new toy, only to learn there was a severe amount of “assembly” required!

Website Design

All her sites are mobile-friendly and you can easily add your own content when she’s done.

The Best Fiverr Gigs for Building Out and Optimizing Your Website

Fiverr has a ton of technically qualified sellers and web developers willing to do small jobs and website tweaks starting at just $5.

One seller I’ve ordered from several times is wordpress_seo. It’s a US-based account that offers WordPress installations, migrations, bug fixes, SEO reports, and more. They’re very fast and affordable, and have completed thousands of orders.

Install Google Analytics

After you’ve got your site online, you’ll probably want to install Google Analytics so you can see how many people are stopping by.

Of course you can do it yourself, or hire Georgecollins to do it for you as he has for hundreds of happy customers.

Create a Custom Favicon

A favicon is the mini graphic on each browser tab; on this site it’s the silhouette of the man running with the briefcase.

Get Honest User Feedback

You can find dozens of providers offering similar services today, and it can be a really affordable way to do market research and get valuable feedback on how real people are interacting with your site.

The Best Fiverr Gigs for Marketing

There are a ton of marketing professionals freelancing on Fiverr and I’ve used several to create social media and video assets for my sites.

Infographics

Infographics are popular items to share on social media (especially Pinterest), and can be an effective SEO strategy, but they’re hard to do well.

This is another area where I wouldn’t necessarily go bargain shopping, but take a look at the portfolios from some of the top-rated infographic sellers to find someone who consistently creates great work.

Social Media Images

It can be time-consuming to create graphics for your business like Pinterest pins, Facebook featured images, Twitter cover art, YouTube thumbnails, and stuff like that.

The Best Fiverr Gigs for Administrative Support

Sometimes you find yourself with a one-off question or project and aren’t sure where to turn. If the work doesn’t justify a full-time hire or even an ongoing part-time role, it might make sense to see what you can get done on Fiverr.

Podcast Cover Art

Because design is so subjective, take a look at the portfolio from each seller you consider to see if their style is a fit. I’ve had the best luck outsourcing design tasks where I had a vision in my mind of what I wanted the thing to look like and provided examples of other designs I liked for inspiration.

Transcription

Getting your podcast transcribed can make your editing process faster and can help you reach people who just simply prefer to read (or who are hearing impaired).

Rates at transcription-only platforms like Rev.com are $1 per audio minute, but certain sellers on Fiverr can beat that rate — especially if you’re not in a rush.

Among the best is TransExpert, with rates as low as $0.50 per minute and thousands of 5-star reviews.

Once transcribed, it becomes easier to re-purpose your podcast into written content like blog posts and even books as well.

Audio Editing

Be respectful of your listener’s time and edit your show! This is definitely something I notice when listening to other shows and it’s made me more conscious of every minute of audio I put out into the world.

Joel North has edited thousands of podcast episodes with glowing feedback.

Book Promotion

One book promotion service that has garnered positive feedback in the author communities I’m a part of is Bknights gig on Fiverr.

He’s got an email list of 50,000 subscribers who look forward to daily messages about free and discounted books.

Audio Book Production

Creating an audiobook version of your book can be a great way to reach new “readers” and earn incremental royalties.

But if you don’t have the recording equipment (or desire) to read it yourself, turn to a professional narrator and don’t sweat it.

(I recorded the audio version of Buy Buttons myself and it was WAY harder than I thought it would be — both in terms of the actual reading out loud and the editing / post-production required to bring the files up to Audacity’s standards.)

Members of Side Hustle Nation recommended Adam Naranjo as their go-to narrator and producer for audiobooks.

Product Packaging Design

For many Amazon FBA sellers, the product packaging design is the last thing they consider when launching a new product. And it’s true, in the range of things that matter most, this is probably pretty low on the list since someone usually will have already bought your product before they ever see the package.

Still, your packaging can be shown in your Amazon listing and signal whether your product is a premium brand or a commodity product. When people open their package at home, what impressions will they have right out of the gate based on the packaging?

Product Descriptions

Seller spxmac is the #1 provider of Amazon FBA product descriptions. With thousands of completed gigs, he’s got the experience and understanding of Amazon businesses to deliver a listing page that stands out, informs, and sells.

What NOT to Buy on Fiverr

While there are lots of things you can order on Fiverr that will help your business, there are definitely some services to avoid too.

Traffic

A number of gigs promise thousands of “real” visitors to your website in a matter of days or hours.

I’m not sure exactly how these gigs work, but one thing is certain: you won’t make any sales or find long-term readers from this influx of traffic.

Similarly, in the past you could buy thousands of followers for your social media accounts, though Fiverr seems to have cracked down on these worthless gigs.

Most SEO Services

I would stay away from any gigs offering to build links to your site, as they could do more harm than good.

Gigs that focus on SEO audits/reports and on-page optimization should be safe.

I’ll admit I’ve been lured in by the promise of cheap article writing on Fiverr, but I’ve come to believe writing is definitely something you get what you pay for.

All of the articles I got back required editing (some more than others), but as Google has improved I think it makes the most sense to either write something awesome yourself or pay a great writer to create that content for you.

At least that’s my take; I haven’t found any shortcuts to great content that really drives results.

Your Turn

Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg of the many useful services you can find on Fiverr. If you don’t find something you want through the normal browsing, you can search for gigs based on keywords or you create your own gig request and post it to the seller community.

Do your due diligence and keep in mind, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

There are plenty of gigs that don’t offer much value at all, so pay attention to the feedback and do business with those sellers who are serious about their Fiverr reputation.

What’s your favorite Fiverr-gig?

What’s delivered the most bang for the buck for you? Any non-spammy suggestions are welcomed in the comments below.

I really enjoyed reading this post! I am definitely considering looking into Fiverr down the road both for the purposes of finding sellers who can help with projects to improve the quality of my business as well as to potentially sell some services myself. I think another gig you can include in this article is probably sellers who can create e-book covers aside from normal book covers. Basically, people that create a short 10-15 pdf download will likely want to have a nice fancy cover for their book and they will look for someone to provide that content for them.

Hey Nick, thanks for coming on our podcast this week and sharing your thoughts on Fiverr and many of the other lucrative side hustles you’ve collected. You provide a really comprehensive resource on Side Hustle Nation, and we appreciated being able to share it with our audience! http://bit.ly/YMYW_165

I’ve been using Fiverr for logo and other basic stuff, but this listing was helpful in pointing out many different things one can buy from Fiverr for a side hustle. And I liked the part of what Not to buy from Fiverr (and yes, I’ve managed to avoid those link building services)!

For me it was new that they have so high priced big gigs out there! And at the same time they still have those small ones, like create a custom favicon :)

We are a small indie publishing company that enjoys speaking at seminars to writers, so we are offering phone consultation services to those interested in publishing and improving their craft. We will try this out for a year in between our projects to see how it goes.

Hi Nick, thanks for the article, very good insight. I personally use Fiverr for a couple of years already, I have had luck with level;opment services as well, some pretty good developers in PHP. I will be trying a couple of the SEO gigs on the next weeks and see if these really can cause more harm than benefit, of course will try in some test sites but will be able to give you some feedback soon. Thank you again and keep the good work. Ahh, in case anyone needs some webdesign services, we offer custom and professional website creation for a very affordable price, please check our site at http://www.criacaosites.pt

I will attempt two or three the SEO gigs on the following weeks and check whether these truly can cause more damage than advantage, obviously will attempt in some test destinations however will have the capacity to give you some criticism soon. Much thanks to you again and keep the great work.

Wow nice and helpful write-up. I really love that platform, it let me show off my documents and PDF editing skills to people globally. You can check some of my gig on fiverr http://www.fiverr.com/lfreemanali